3. Exercises
26.1 Which of the example words do these pictures illustrate?
nstructor wimmer
appily ord processor seful

4. 26.2 Match the adjectives with the nouns in the box. Some adjectives go
with more than one noun.
electric cooker / guitar
1 electric 3 beautiful 5 sunny 7 useful 9 useless
2 fast 4 sandy 6 hard 8 endless
worker cooker beach weather car idea
book swimmer guitar smile picture fun
2 fast worker / car / swimmer
3 beautiful picture / beach / book / weather / smile
4 sandy beach
5 sunny weather / smile
6 hard worker
7 useful idea / book / car
8 endless beach / fun
9 useless idea / book (Note that you can also say I'm a useless swimmer. It
is quite colloquial and means I am no good at swimming.)

5. 26.3 Match these books with their subjects - sociology, psychology,
economics or politics.
1 The Role of the
President in the US sociology
Congress psychology
2 British Society in the economics
1950s politics.
3 Banking Today
4 Why People Smile

6. 26.4 Are there suffixes in your language? Write a translation or an
explanation for the suffixes in the table.

7. 26.5 What do you think these words and phrases mean? Use the
information about prefixes and suffixes in the table to help you.
1 zoology 1 The study of animals
2 a traveller 2 a person who travels
3 slowly 3 the opposite of fast
4 hopeful 4 with lots of hope
5 rainy 5 weather when it is raining
6 painless 6 it doesn't hurt
7 badly 7 the opposite of doing something well
8 a tin opener 8 a thing for opening tins
9 mathematics 9 the study of maths
10 a footballer 10 a person who plays football